Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with clue in American Collocation
clue
noun
countable
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
good or important clue
Any such electrical abnormalities (which might hold the vital clues to an underlying condition) cannot be detected after death.
clear/not clear
There were obvious clues that something was wrong.
that you can see
A person’s expression gives visual clues about what they are feeling.
have or use a clue
Following clues obtained from the scene, Italian police have now carried out around 20 searches.
try to find a clue
We had to search for clues in an apartment in which a dead body lay.
give a clue
The ditch was filled with debris that gave clues to the medieval activities being carried out close by.
You know the sort of thing, the murderer spiriting himself into thin air leaving no clue as to how he committed the crime.
understand clues
They had to piece together the clues provided by the objects which had been unearthed at the site.
Following a trail of clues which leads from the Deep South to the West Coast, they race against time to find the missing girl.